Memphis

Things you’re missing if you’re not reading my other site:

• Federal judge tosses city of Baltimore’s case blaming its neighborhood blight on subprime lenders, but Memphis files a similar suit;
• “The catchall fraud law that catches too much”: Roger Parloff of Fortune on “honest services”;
• Moonlighting: New York state senate majority leader John Sampson joins large plaintiff’s firm in “of counsel” position, an arrangement long held by his counterpart at the New York capitol, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver;
• “Trial lawyers association outlines its 2010 legislative agenda,” Montana Gov. Schweitzer to address AAJ Maui convention, “Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, the legal angle” [all from Carter Wood]
• Biggest obstacle to juvenile corrections reform? Prison guards’ unions;
• “Investor Who Backed Unsuccessful Lawsuit is Liable for Defendants’ Legal Fees“;
• A Twombly/Iqbal debate — and the harms of liberal pleading;
• U.S. Chamber’s “Top Five Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2009″ (and many other tops-of-2009 lists).

Tagged as: AAJ, Baltimore, champerty, fraud, labor unions, loser pays, Memphis, mortgages, pleading, Sheldon Silver

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